SCAM and SPAM

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Practices that intentionally mislead or distort reality in digital and photographic contexts. This includes scams, spam, phishing attempts, fake or manipulated images, and fraudulent activities around NFTs and cryptocurrencies (e.g. rug pulls, fake collections).

SCAM
Fraudulent activities designed to deceive people for financial, personal, or digital gain. This covers phishing, fake offers, fraudulent investments, and NFT/crypto scams such as rug pulls or counterfeit collections.

SPAM
Unwanted or mass-distributed messages and content, often irrelevant and primarily used for advertising or manipulation. This includes email spam, comment spam, automated postings, and spam in the crypto/NFT ecosystem.

Scams surrounding NFT

Increasingly, artists are being targeted by NFT scammers who try to lure their victims to fake NFT marketplaces.